The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

n I I .i s ~ - ._ ~-.. Morning. HIGH 'ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIORROW. .. 21 minutes after 0 j Evening, I T4-. , - • ~ ,,T.411,4 , P,,,,,' •),:e ' . . eilltl_l,. WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " 1S NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 28, 1838. We heartily congratulate the people of Birmingham on the result of the contest in which they have been engaged during the last eight days, on occasion of the election of a Town Council under their newly acquired municipal constitution. Our readers will find in another column a statement of the numbers polled for the respective candidates in each ward, which, we are sure, will make its due impression on the public mind. The Tories, it appears, tried their strength in every one of the wards, and in every one of them did they meet with a signal and memorable defeat. It is only necessary to cast a glance along the numerical columns of the polling-lists to see the immense superiority of the Reformers over their opponents. Let it be borne in mind, too, that much artifice was used by the Tory party—and not without effect—to divide the Reform interest by mixing in their lists professing Reformers, though in reality favourers of Toryism, with the thick and-thin supporters of the party. But all would not do ; the reforming tide set in too strong against them, and swept everything before it. We have had it incessantly dinned into our ears of late by the organs of Toryism, that a mighty re-action had taken place in the public mind on the subject of Reform, and that nowhere were the outward and visible signs of this conversion more evident than in the town of Birmingham, the great workshop of the hard ware trade. Let the result of this election bear tes timony to the veracity of the Tory Press. The matter has been now put beyond the province of vague specu lation; it has been subjected, as the faction deeply feel, to the experimentum crucis, and, if we are not mistaken, it will take them a long time, and more talent than they can Command, even with the help of OLD GLORY, to regain even that position in public opinion into which they had contrived, by pertinacious falsehood to wriggle themselves. The truth is now out, and their weakness made manifest to the world. We cannot close these few hastily penned observa tions, without strongly urging upon the Town Council the propriety of signalising the triumph which has been achieved by the people, by some act which shall have the good of the people pre-eminently for its object. There is no part of the population of the United Empire which suffers more from the baneful effects of the Corn-laws than do the inhabitants of Birmingham. Let then the very first public act of the new Town Council be to draw up and present a remonstrance, such as becomes the representatives of a large and enlightened community, to the Sovereign, and to the Legislature, against the continuance of this ' scandalous, trade-devouring oppression. The Tory Papers pretend to be dreadfully alarmed at the progress of Popery in England, and they are filled with solemn admonitions to the people to buckle on the armour of their faith, and prepare for the last and greatest battle w i t h the Sorceress. ' We must ad mit that there is some ground for their alarm. On Wednesday the Times inserted a long article from the Church of England Quarterly Review, pro ving, beyond a doubt, that Popery is embraced by a large number of the Professorsannudthteerai t c y he i r i s l of Oxford. Those gentlemen, seei ng no Scripture for many of the observances an d doctrines of the Church of England—as, for example, the observ ance of Christmas-day, and the adoption of St. Atha nasius' creed—have boldly declared that the Scriptures are not sufficient to teach men their creed, though that can be proved from them ; and that the creed must necessarily be learned from tradition, as expounded by the priesthood, who are it s organized and authorized possessors. Entertaining such views, they are only consistent in claiming for the priesthood an Apostolical succession, and in denying to all but those who are included in this succession, ability to teach men their creed or to fulfil the true functions of the priesthood. For the defence of the Anglican priesthood against the Dissenters such doctrines are indispensible, but they are the very foundation of Popery, and they cannot be espoused IA ithout at once admitting the superiority of the ltomish priests, from whom the Anglican priests derive their Apostolic succession, and at once giving up the only ground on ..11k110 \ , Crs .t. \ /93, 1- -, ‘.-t J# vt, rte 55 mintttes after 0 -The publication °I nn SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Cloch. The cotton manufacturers of Manchester, and the suffering hosiers of Nottingham may learn from the article which we copy from the ?horning Post, that the Tories and the landowners are not only resolved to ruin them, but to find sport in their destruction. The decay of our manufactures, the rising superiority of other nations, the decline of England, the heart-rend ng sufferings of her skilful and industrious people, now afford themes for mockery to the enlightened Tory scribes. Already our skilful artizans and even our capitalists are leaving the country day after day, and carrying with them the marrow of our greatness— already those who employ hundreds of persons, like Mr. GREG, are diminishing their establishments, and inform the public that they must curtail them still more ; and this disastrous proceeding, which threatens to reduce Manchester, at no distant day, to a similar condition to Nottingham, is considered a proper sub ject for ribaldry by the religious, pious, patriotic, humane Tories. A bitterness of heart may, perhaps, be detected under the poor jokes of the Post, which, finding no arguments on which it can support the rob. bery committed by its patrons under the sanction of law, bringing all law into discredit, hopes to revive their spirits, and conceal the badness of their cause, by mocking at the misery produced by their unhallowed selfishness, which they are determined shall continue to be the law. We are not sorry, however, thus to see heartless Toryism peeping out from its many dis guises of patriotism, love of the working classes, hu manity, etc., etc., as it will at once convince the manu facturers that from the Tories they have nothing to hope but ruin and scorn. From the Corn-laws another danger, according to the City article of the Times, threatens the country. Making no regular demand on the Con tinent for grain, those who grow it there take nothing from us. There is no reciprocal barter be tween England and the countries from which we have of late been obliged to import wheat, and wish to im port more whenever it can be obtained. The conse quence is, that the bulk of the supply lately brought in, has to be paid for by gold, and at present some dis quietude is felt in the City on account of gold leaving the country. If, as the Times appears to apprehend, another commercial convulsion impends over us—if the circulation should now be curtailed, and much mis chief ensue, it may be clearly traced to the Corn laws, which compel us to buy corn with gold, instead of exchanging for it hardware and cloth. which the latter claim possession of the revenues of the Church. Dr. WISIMAN has made them sensible of this, by declaring that he requires no other concessions than those made by the authors of the "Tracts for the Times," to obtain the victory for Popery. To resist the Papists, therefore, the Anglican priests are now obliged to take up other arms, and the article quoted by the Times, called " Popish tendency" of the writings of those authors, denies in toto the authority of tradition, and asserts that the Scriptures con tain all that was ever revealed and all that is necessary to be known. Under the influence of this new-bOrn zeal against tradition—which does not leave for many of the doctrines of the Angli can priests the smallest support, the Reviewer de scribes Dr. PUSEY, the Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, and all his followers, who are called Puscyites, as staunch friends of the Papacy. Asto nishment and anger are expressed that the Learned Doctor is yet allowed to inhabit Oxford ; and the Bishop of the Diocese, to whom a leaning to Pu seyism or disguised Popery is openly ascribed, is taken severely to task for allowing the continuance of the PUSEY profanations in his Diocese. Now when the Anglican Bishops and the Oxford Pro fessors have turned almost Papists, there is good reason for those true-hearted Protestants, the Editors of the Herald and Times, sounding the tocsin of alarm, and warning their lay readers against the impending dangers of Popery. We could not read the severe attack of the Church of England Quarterly Review on Dr. PUSEY and his friends, without remembering that this same Dr. PUSEY was the leader of that bard of factious priests who about eighteen months ago got up such a furious opposition to Dr. HAMPDEN, at Oxford, and who to this day will not admit him into all the privileges en joyed by former Professors of Divinity. Dr. PusEY is now likely to taste some of the sweets of that perse cution he then directed against a brother divine ; and it is very pleasing to us to see the same righte ous persons who assisted D►. PUSEY in oppos ing Dr. HAMPDEN, now practising their skill in torturing on Dr. PUSEY himself. These gentlemen in their quarrels and criminations, present us a curious illustration of what kind of charity they learn from the Gospel, and of the chaste uniformity of that faith they call on us to adopt, and to pay them largely for teaching. `We are glad to see that the rigid Sabbatarians are going the whole hog. At the Exeter Hall meeting on Wednesday evening, as is stated by a Correspondent, whose letter will well repay perusal, the Rev. Mr. STOVELL censured her MAJESTY for taking an air ing on Windsor-terrace on Sunday, and censured the Bishops for not teaching her MAJESTY that to pre serve her health was sinful. This is as it ought to be. We hope Mr. STOVELL will pursue this plan, and not allow her MAJESTY, or one of her Ministers, or any Bishop or Peer, to t a k e a r id e , or h ave a di nner cooked on the Sabbath. Th e p u bli c w ill get justice when the rigid Sabbatarians begin to attack some of those who are now smiling at their attacks on men of business, and urging them on. By the arrival at Liverpool yesterday of the packet ship Hibernia from the United States, we have re ceived New York Papers of the 9th inst., from which copious and interesting extracts will be found in another part of The Sun. The Hibernia made the passage to Liverpool in sixteen days. The intelli gence from the Canadas mainly consists of rumours of preparations for fresh insurrectionary movements in both provinces. We need hardly add, that we regard such rumours as destitute of all foundation in truth. From the United States, the news is more important, and will be read with painful interest. Of the dis graceful proceedings at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, there can be but one opinion among all intelligent men. The honest Reformers of every country will more especially lament the perpetration of outrages which are calculated to afford Royal despots a pretext for opposing every extension of the liberties of the people. The whole of the French Papers published on Wednesday have been received. They bring the address prepared by the Committee of the Chamber of Peers in answer to the Speech from the Throne, which was presented by the Chairman (Count PORTALIS) to the Chamber in the course of Wednesday's sitting. As usual it is little more than an echo of the Royal Speech ; but as the opposition in the Chamber of Peers, though numerically weak, is strong in talent, it will not he adopted without a long debate. Upon some points the address is more explicit than the corresponding paragraphs in the Speech. On the subject of the state of unhappy Spain, the address runs as follows : " At the aspect of the calamities which weigh upon Spain, and at the increase of the sad exchange of offences against humanity, our regrets become every year more bitter. It is sorrowful to think that we cannot yet foresee the epoch when civil war and anarchy shall cease to paralyze the efforts of the Spanish nation to obtain the benefits of a free and monarchical Constitution. Sire, i n con ti nu i ng to accord to th e Q ueen Regent's G overnment t h e suppor t guaranteed to he r b y treaties, your M a j es ty w ill f u lfil the desires and just expecta tions of France." The expression of sympathy here is less dubious than in the speech from the Throne. With regard to the Hollando-Belgic question, the address confines itself to observing : " We await with confidence the issue of the negotiations relative to the affairs of Belgium and Holland, persuaded that the Government of your Majesty sill neglect nothing to con ciliate what the dignity of France, the interests of a friendly nation, and promised faith requires. The independence of Belgium, and its political rank, unanimously recognised in the great European family, will be a pledge the more for the peace of the world." The Ministers begin to entertain hopes that they may still contrive to command a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. They boast of having received some ad ditional adhesions, and to make up the remaining de ;cit all the arts of bribery and corruption will be put irate requisition. The news from Spain is unimportant. The Na tional Guard of Marseilles taxes the Government with having received and suppressed the following tele graphic despatch : " PERPIGNAN, DEC. 17, " THE COMMANDANT OF THE 21ST DIVISON TO TUE MINISTER OF WAR. " The Baron de Meer had au action with the rebels at Sort and Llavcrsi, on the 10 th and 12th inst., which ended in their complete derout. The Count d'Espagne has beaten a re treat from his late quarters, taking the route of Castclli ar.d Oraari " • FRENCH FUNDS.—PAnts, DECEMBICIt 26, Five per Cents., 109 f. 50c. Latest Prices-1091.70c. Four per Cents.. 10If. 60c. 102 f. Fhre, per Cents., 78f. 33c. 45c. 55c. Ditto 78f. 65c. Bank Actions, 2,6271. Mc. 2,63 f. riente de Naples, 98f. 75c. 65c. 645 c. ... ir,,: R te o c,a ng i a s n h FiveActi Actives, C l6 e si nt% , % 101 1 4 !i 109 Ditto 100 Ditto 16% Ditto 99 5 SlRl3:(e:',alirggntliuils g nnh u F e Pl i iaa e vs ? eski T pv'e h e6r l 'e3: p n e t.ll r 7' C f9 :t 4 s. 19 ... Ditto s:of. flayttan Loan WE Escumt7ioitrao:p.,Lp:,eisru:L.—. 2 , c ie ; m m o o n n tp_ap f c . r ,251. 157.; money, 25f. 121‘.c. Aff d; .ew days will decide whether the French Chaim her of Deputies be, like the Senate of BONAPARTE, purely a Court for registering the acts of the Sovereign, or an Assembly representing in any degree the wants and interests of the people. Hitherto it has shown little of the stubborn spirit and resistance to the Monarch's will which an unreformed as well as a reformed House of Commons has fre quently displayed. Here the Ki ng has generally been obliged to yield to the feelin g of the House, and either change his policy, as GEORGE IV. did o n the Ca tholic question, or change his Ministry as WILLIAM TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1838 IV. was compelled to do, by repeated majorities against Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Administration. In France it is true the Ministry has been often changed. There have been at least fifteen different Administra tions within eight years—one set have been marched off, and another marched on the stage, like the puppets of a juggler, but the course of policy has remained the same. LAFITTE, SOULT, THIERS, GUIZOT, and others, representing the sentiments of a vast majority of the people and the army, have been marched off singly or in pairs, while Louts PHILIPPE has been maturing his original police, till he has at last cast off nearly all his liberal supporters, foreign as well as do mestic, and identified himself with the Holy Alliance. Men of the first ability in the Chambers, and enter taining feelings the very reverse of those of the KING as regards the Continental despots, priestly influence, and liberal governments, have united to oppose the sovereign will of the Citizen KING; they are sup ported by the majority of the lower Chamber, and must ultimately succeed if representative go vernment in France is not a mockery, and French statesmen do not prefer place and Court favour to their own honour and the best interests of their country. The KING can prevail only by dividing his enemies, or by holding out bribes in the shape of pen• sinus or Prefectures to the waverers iu the majority ; and if he succeeds by either means, will his position be more enviable than it is now ? His success will give an impulse to Electoral Reform, and opposition to despotic Government, such as has not existed since the Three Days of July, of which THIERS, and SOULT, and others of the same stamp, well know how to take advantage. These men have hitherto supported the principle that the " KING reigns but does not govern." They have been turned out of office, and almost banished the Court on that account ; and we have too much confidence in their public principle, independent of their personal pride, to suppose they would desert their colleagues, by trusting a second time to the hollow promises of the KING. This is a contest which interests England nearly as much as France, for it resolves itself into this :—Whether Louts PHILIPPE shall govern as a Member of the Holy Alliance, or as a member of that community of Con stitutional Governments of which England is the head. As the overland mail from India, received yester day, confirms the intelligence previously received of the determination of the British Government, in con junction with RUNJEET SINGH, to replace the Schah, SOOJAH-00L-MOOLK, on the throne of Cabul, the following account of the state of that kingdom, from authentic sources, will be read with interest. DOST MOHAMED KHAN, the reigning Sovereign, is a very brave prince, and before his Court became the focus of Russian intrigues, was well effected to England. The pol►tical constitution of Cabul exhibits peculia rities which distinguish it from that of almost every other Asiatic monarchy. Instead of the power being monopolized by the Sovereign, or at least by the Khans, with no check but the influence of rival Chiefs, it admits a large infusion of popular elements. In every Ooloos, or tribe, there is a Jeerge, or Representa tive Assembly, without whose consent the Khan can undertake nothing, and who also administer justice, though in some subserviency to the rooted principle of private vengeance. Among the people much more attachment is felt to the Jeerge than to the Khan. These tribes may be said to form independent states, and they even carry on war with each other. Their only vassalage to the King consists in a tribute, and a contingent of troops in war; both which, especially the former, are with difficulty exacted. In the large cities and their vicinity the authority of the Sovereign is much more extensive ; but the rude and desert tracts to the south are abandoned to independent Chiefs or lawless banditti. The two leading Affghan tribes are Ghillies and the Dooraunlees, of whom the former are the rudest, the fiercest, and the most warlike ; the latter are more orderly and peaceable, and in all respects of a superior character. The Ghiljies were the conquerors of Pcrsia ; but AHMED SCHAII belonged to the Dooraunlee tribe, which became therefore the ruling one. At this ascendancy the Ghiljies cherished mortal resentment ; and such is the antipathy between the two tribes that it is with difficulty they are restrained from breaking into open war. The military force of Cabul consists of Gholaums, a body formed partly of military adventurers, partly of persons holding lands or grants on a military tenure in and around the great cities. They form a well disciplined and disposable army, about 13,000 strong. The Dooraunlees are easily mustered, to the amount of 12,000 brave militia, each fighting under the banner of the chief of his own tribe. The contingents of the other tribes are more numerous still, but they are mustered with difficulty, and only willingly take the field when they hope to obtain a large booty in the shape of plunder. Mr. ELPHINSTONE estimates the population of the king dom of Cabul, with its dependencies, at 8,000,000, which he divides as follows : Affghans 4,300, 000 Persians Tartars Belooches . • As for Cabul, the capital of the kingdom, it is con sidered one of the most delightful cities in the East. Being situated about 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, it enjoys a temperate climate, and is surrounded by an extensive plain, finely watered by three rivulets. Cabul is a busy bustling city, and has a bazaar of 2,000 shops, in which are exposad the richest mer chandize of Europe and Asia. . The population is estimated by Captain BURNES at 60,000. DosT MOFIAMED KHAN'S regular army consists of 9,000 well appointed cavalry and 2,000 infantry. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS, DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind N. W. by W., fine weather Came 'down from the River and proceeded, the Druid, Tho mas, for Barbadoes • Victoria, Duhlmor, Lisbo n . A rr i ve d and remain, the Lady Clifford, from Calcutta, with damage to rudder. Put back, the Stratheden and Ferguson, and remain. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind N. W., fine weather.— Arrived the Maraslie, frem Odessa, and sailed for Antwerp; La Finette, Coulette, Marseilles—bound to Dunkirk ; Ir manos, Cartina, —, Sailed her Majesty's ship Russel, for Sheerness; her Majesty's ship Malabar, for Plymouth ; Apollo, Minden, Seaham ; Anna Margaretha, Wright, Long. sand ; George Canning, Vergurs, Newhaven ; Ann Elliott, Dormison, London—having completed her repairs. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Rosa lind, Fomory. , , from London ; Renard, Berkie, Exeter ; Gal way packet, Stevens, London ; Heat Catharine, Tarragosa. Put back, the Triumph, Green, from Bombay ; Trevor, Lind, Smyrna—with loss of bulwarks. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26 —Wind S. W. to W. N. W., strong breezes.—Arrived the Stephen, Henderson, from Pictou ; No lusee, Raffells, London ; Margaret, Taylor, London, with damage and loss of bulwarks, having been struck by a sea, 23d inst. off Relty; Prince Dama, Strugnel, Plymouth. Put back the Tuck, Penton, for St. Michael's, with loss of bulwarks, &c. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Fresh breezes from the N.W.— Arrived the Liverpool, Baratoin, from Charleston; Hibernia, Copp, New York, sailed 9th inst. ; Norfolk, Hew, Ode ssa; Winsor, Zante ; Alice Crowther, and Mary Anne, Remo, Trieste ; Hazard, ' Churethward, Leghorn ; Oberon, Brocklebanck, Pernambuco ; Greentow, Ogelby, Bahia ; Mary, Guey, Pernambuco; Asciota, Childs, New Orleans. COWES, DEC. 27. —Wind N. W.—Arrived the De Yonge Adela, Van Berke], from Rotterdam ; Burgomaster Smith, H. E. Peterson, Bremen. Sailed the Barbara Catherine, Schotley, for Louvair. . • DEc. 26.—Arrived the Barron, from Richebucto ; St. George, Taylor, Wyburg ; Canton, Dankerley, Sr. Petersburg ; Hendraus, Richie, Koplbrandl ; Wellington, Forster, Dantzic; Hoffaung, Henes, Bordeaux. Dec. 27. Wind W. N. W.—Arrived the Llandrosh, Van Doring, Van Tumpke, from Altona ; Ann Elsake, Sprecse, ditto ; Glyde, Megget, St. Petersburg ; James Angus, ditto ; Richardo, di. to ; Rensv;ell, Tucker, ditto ; Industrie, Hamburg ; Friend. shaft, Kroger, ditto ; Mashelde, Moncrief, Riga; Regina, R6nsen, ditto; Wilson, Anderson, Lubeck; Helen, ditto; Anne Charlotte, Kiel ; Lord Lambton, Spott, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. It blew a heavy gale at South yesterday, but moderated about eight o'clock, p.m MARGATE, DEC. 27.—Arrived off, the Elbe packet, Crofts, from Cork. DOVER, DEC. 27.—Arrived off, the Mary Ann, Tucker, from Xabee. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Lord Nelson, Trest, from Nassau, leaky. ece. DUBLIN, DEc. 26.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide (steamer), from London. PENZANCE, Dec. 25.—Arrived the Penzance packet, Jack, from Cork. It has blown very hard from W. N. W. to W. S. W. and S. S. W. since Monday evening with thick weather. YARMOUTH, DEC. 27.—The Commerce, of Newcastle, was got off the beach this morning, and towed into harbour. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Britannia, St. Übe's. NIILFORD, DEC. 25.—Sailed the Robert, Pratt, for Con stantinople ; and Elizabeth, Batty, London. PADSTOW, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Providence, Waterford. &ILLY, DEC. 26.—Arrived off port the Talbot, Rouen, from Waterford, with damage, having been in contact with a schooner the 22d instant. The Royal William steamer, from Liverpool to New York, was spoken the 20th instant in ht. 47. long. 11., and the Hygeqi, from Liverpool to Hobart Town, in lat. 16. S., by the Florentia, Ordal, from Sydney. The Adelaide, Manger, bound to Palermo, has pat back to Liverpool, with pumps choked, and must discharge part of her cargo. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (TATS DAY.), TWELVE O'CLOC fr. Our arrivals this morning are one Ostend and onr Dutch mail ; and ship letters from New York by the Hibernia, Dec. 9, Cape of Good Hope Oct. 8. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF THURSDAY.---The demand for Cotton continues to be extensive. To-day sales are estimated at 10,000 bags of all kinds, and full prices have been obtained. We have received the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp of yesterday's date, which states, from Liege, of the 24th December, that in the course of next week 20,000 men will be assembled at Beverloo, Diestol, and its environs. From Namur, of the 24th December, we learn that a great convoy of horses for the remounting of the artillery had arrived there the previous day from Luxembourg, and proceeded towards Hainault. M. de Brouchere has resigned the Directorship of the Belgian Bank. They state from Manchester, that Tuesday being Christmas Day, the usual weekly market was held on Wednesday. The continued advance in cotton has begun to alarm the foreign buyers of yarn, who bought sparingly towards the conclusion of the shipping season, in the expec tation of a decline. Towards the conclusion of the week some rather extensive purchases were made by two or three foreign houses, and there is a decided tendency to an ad vance in prices. The American Papers are filled with accounts of seri ous riots in Pennsylvania, Harrisburg ; the capital was the seat of the disturbance. The mob took possession of the arsenal, and compelled the Legislature to suspend its ope rations. The military was called out to put down the rioters. The row was owing to the Whigs contending that several returns for the Loco-focos, at the late election, were illegal, and w ere p repar i ng to i nvest i gate them. The particulars respecting this tumult, with the intelli gence from Canada, will be found in another part of the Paper. The intelligence from Canada is of a mixed nature. Ac cording to reports, another invasion is expected to take place by a body of 1,500 rebels, headed by a Polish Ge neral. We have no doubt that Sir John Colburne is pre pared to receive them. In other respects the intelligence is of a favourable nature. The French mail has arrived. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed firm yesterday at 94* for the Ac count, opened at the same price this morning, with little bu siness doing as yet. Reduced 93*. Exchequer Bills, 65 67 ; India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 202* 3* ; India Stock, 262 263. In the Foreign Market Spanish opened at the closing price, 16* i ; Portuguese left off 29* 30, at present 30* ; Belgian, 29* ; Brazilian, 771 ; Colombian, 25* 6; Mexi can, 22123* ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, the same as they left off, 541 554. Exchange from New York, 94 101 ; Bank Shares, 1191. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock f202% i India Stock — 3 per Cent . R ed. 93% 3 I Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent I Old Annuities — Ditto Red • 100%% New Ditto New 3% per Cent 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long A nnuities toexpire Ditto 500 ...65 64 06 pm. Jan. 5, IWO 14 15-16 Ditto Small 67 64 66 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, ISM Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account Aprils, 1860 — India Stock f or A ccount — Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 94% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds , Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 77%% I Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds lvtto Account Columbian Bonds I Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 , Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Accot. at. l6 % N, Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, MS...—. ...... - 4 per cent. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. —f —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent..., —___ Exchange. —f. --c. Ditto Account Dutch, 2% per cent. —.54% ii 5 4% Ditto, 6 per Cent ; Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Acc0unt....„...........Acc0unt................. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brighton R Paid. PerSha le. ailway Lend-,n and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 169 General Steam Navigation Company HALF-PAST ONE. It appears by the New York Price Current of the Bth inst., that there is a great falling off this year of the ex port of Cotton from the United States. Since the Ist Oc tober last year, 39,289 ; same time last year, 72,985 ; same time the year before, 114,660 domestic goods. The general inactivity usual at this period of the year con tinues to prevail, though prices remain without variation for any descriptions. 'The above falling off of Cotton this year is supposed to be to answer the purpose of speculation. Accounts from Sarragossa state, when the defeat of the Catalonian Carlists took place the Count d'Espagne was over thrown, and fell into the river Romardin ; when he was taken out he cried like a child, and said to his followers that his last hour had come, and with great difficulty they re-mounted him on his horse. Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, and receded to 94 for the Account. Reduced also lower, 93. The Government broker purchased about 6,000 Reduced at 93i. There is no other feature in the Market worth quoting. Exchequer Bills lower, 65 64 to 66 ; India Bonds, 64 ; Bank Stock, 2021. In the Foreign Market, Spanish lower, 16f ; Portu guese, 30} ; Three per Cents., 19i 20 ; Belgian, 991 ; Brazilian, 771 ; Dutch, Two-and-a -Half, 54i 5 ; Five per Cents. 1001 In the Share Market the prices remain without any par ticular alterations. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 94f. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.-( THIS DAY.) THE ROBBERY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Edwin Jones, alias Edward Cotten, aged twelve years, was charged with having stolen, on the 14th of December, a sword, value 55., the property of the Hon. Charles Au gustus Murray, and three pairs of trousers and a variety of other articles, the property of Frederick Blume. There were other counts, charging some of the articles as the pro perty other Majesty. Mr. BODKIN stated the case for the proiecution, and called the following witnesses : Mr. Cox—l am night porter in her Majesty's Palace, and was on duty at the Equerries' entrance on the night of the 14th December. The Equerries' door was locked. A little before five in the morning, a boy, resembling a sweep put his head within the door, which was standing ajar. I asked what chimney he was going to sweep. He made no answer, but. ran away, and I pursued him down the lobby. I spoke to the sentry outside, and two policemen then came in. As I returned I saw the blade of a sword glitter, and several articles lying on a matt near the gentleman-porter's door. I soon saw the prisoner in custody of the police. The two ink-glasses and wafer-stamp produced belonged to the gentleman-porter's inkstand. They are, I believe, the property of the Queen. -L—(Laughter.) I afterwards went to Mr. Blutne's room, and found the bed disordered, and:very much marked with soot on the blankets and pillow. .Mr. Blume was absent at this time. Cross-examined—The prisoner had two pair of trowsers on when taken. He said he came there because he wanted to look at the Palace. I did not see Mr. Bodkin at the Palace yesterday morning —(Laughter)—because I was here all the morning.—(Loud laughter.) The CHAIRMAN—I thought Mr. Bodkin was anxious to get away yesterday, but I. did not know he wanted to go to the palace.—(Laughter.) James Stone, police constable 81 B.—l was called in to the Palace. I saw three pair of trowsers, some stockings, and other articles on the matt in the lobby. There was also a sword. I took possession of the sword, the scabbard of which is broken. One piece of the scabbard was found in the bed. 'Whilst looking for the prisoner I saw him run across the marble ball and I took him. I found on him two letters, a book, and a wafer stamp. The letters were returned. The book has in it the name of Mr. Blume. I went into his room and found a pot of bear's grease.— (Laughter.) It appeared to have been used, tir it was sooty.—(Laughter.) The prisoner's head appeared as if it had bee❑ rubbed with the grease.—(Great laughter.) The prisoner told me he had been in the Palace twelve years, *and afterwards said twelve months. Frederick Blume--I am valet to the Hon. Mr. Mur ray. The sword produced belongs to him. The sheath had been cracked but was not separated. The wearing apparel produced is mine. The coins produced resemble those which I lost. There are three sous pieces, and one of the coins was once a sovereign, but I afterwards put it into the fire and turned it into a farthing.—(Laughter.) The coin which witness referred to was a medal with a repre sentation of the Duke of Wellington, and the motto " By trampling on liberty I lost the reins ;" thousands of which were, a short time ago, exhibited in the streets, and sold by persons who described them as sovereigns. Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the Jury for the pri soner, treating the affair as only a boyish trick, the prisoner first getting in the Palace, and then laying hold of everything he could, such as swords, Dutch coins, and even sovereigns, which could be turned into farthings.—(Laughter.) Why, his Learned Friend (Mr. Bodkin) appeared to be equally curious as the prisoner, because he also had been to the Palace.—(Laughter.) He believed that during the time he had been there he was under: - the most careful surveillance, and therefore it might be supposed that he bad behaved with great propriety—(Loud laughter)— and that nothing had been disturbed. After speaking at considerable length, and with much jocularity, Mr. Pren dergast concluded by expressing his hope that the Jury would be of opinion that the prisoner had not been guilty of any felonious act. Thomas Griffiths, builder, of 28, Coventry-street, the master of the prisoner, had known him all his life, and would have trusted him with anything. He was very much in the habit of reading. The CHAIRMAN—What, works o, imagination ? Witness—He was very fond of get. ing the Globe or Sun newspapers, and would sit up all night to read them.' Mr. PRENDERGAST—The Gl o b e an d t h e Sun are Tv]. of imagination.—(Roars of laughter.) Wm. Reid, of 60, Stanhope -street, Strand, gave the pri: soner a good character, The C HAIRMAN then proceeded to sum up the evidence, after which the Jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. The prisoner was then discharged, after receiving a suit able reprimand from the Court not to be guilty of such improper conduct again. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 20.2N , India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red 'Pi Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Ccas Ditto Old Annuities ..... 31.4 per Cent ........................... Ditto Sew Annuities 3 i,, , ,, per Cent. Red ......... . ......... IcO , N,Ex. 13111 s, I,tioni ' , ),(1 6. pin N ew 3)..4 per Cent ............. ..... Ditto 50 , '/ (6 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ tili pm. Jan. 186 , ..................... 14 1 i Bank Stock for Act. Oct. 1850 .................... . India Stock for . t. — Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent -- Portuguese rcinds, 5 per cent.. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto ... Brazilian Bonds 77}s Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent. Chili:in, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colomb.an, 6 per cent — Spanish, 3 per cent l6-% Ditto, 1824 2ss3,Ditto. Consolidated _ Danish, 3 per cent _ !French, 5 pe r cent Greek Bonds, 1823, 5 per cent. !Exchange .. - i f: Tc r : Mexican, 5 per cent — !French, 3 per cent —f. —r. Ditto, 6 per cent., 182.3 — Dutch, :2,4 per ecru. Peruvian, 1825,6 per rent — Ditto, 5 per cent. .................. —. (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.-(THIS DAY.) Eastern Counties Railway . 81,4 Great Western Railway -- London and Brighton Railway London and Birmingham Railway Ditto Ouarter Shares London and Croydon Railway London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) ~. ~ ....... ; ll London Grand Junction Railway - • Manchester and Birmingham Railway 111!.‘, Northern and Ea, tern Railway .. . 3;y The inquiry which has been going on for some days, into the conduct of the 4th Dragoon Guards, in re gard to an affray which took place between some soldiers of that regiment and'the police of Ipswich on the lath of July last, has terminated in the complete exculpation of the military. The inquiry was conducted by Sir Charles Dalbiac, who was much complimented at the conclusion of the trial for the manner in which he had conducted it. A SELF-ACCUSER.—At Guildhall Police-office yesterday a good-tempered, stout little gentleman, whose name was understood to be Hughes, stepped up to the table, and begged to be allowed to pay the fine of five shil lings for being drunk. The sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alder man Magnay, asked if he meant to lay the information against himself? Mr. Hughes replied, precisely so. He felt that he was positively' drunk. " Then I adjudge you," said the Alderman, to pay a fine of five shillings, and let me recommend you to go quietly home." " I shall endea vour to do so," said the gentleman, and having paid the tine, he bowed and retired, amid,t the laughter of the spectators. INSOLVENTS' COURT-(THIS DAY An extensive " bazaar keeper," Charles Aranson, un opposed, applied for his discharge. Commissioner REYNOLDS having looked at his schedule, the following examination ensu e d—H ave y ou no d e b ts owing to you ?" Insolvent—No. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—Why, you state thatyou owe 9361. Is nothing owing to you ? Insolvent—No, mine were all ready money transactions. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—You describe yourself, I see, as a " bazaar-keeper along the coast of Kent, Faver sham, Margate, Ramsgate, Sheerness, Gravesend, Greenwich ?" &e.—(A laugh.) Insolvent.—Yes. (The insolvent appears to have been one of the " bazaar" keepers who itinerate during the " season" from one watering place to another—diversifying the monotony of buying and selling with " raffles," comic songs, &c.) Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—How were your debts incurred . ? Insolvent—By the expenses of business, which were very great. Mr. Com - missioner REYNOLDS—Are you a married man, nsolvent—No. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS---A single man, with 9361. debts, and having nothing owing to him I I see some hundreds for advertisements. The Insolvent—That is combined with the expenses of fitting up the bazaars at the various places ; that cost me a great deal. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—What are you now ar rested for? Insolvent-701. by a Mr. Callasher. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—Now did you not know he was going to arrest you ? Insolvent—No. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—That you swear? In solvent—l swear I was arrested without my knowledge. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—But did you not expect it ? Insolvent—No. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS-I'll tell you why I ask. You are arrested on the 17th, and file your schedu!e on the 19 th.—llischarged. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS enquired of the official assignee if he had not been appointed in various other cases? Assignee—Yes. Air. Commissioner Reynolds—Why have you not filed your accounts, which you are bound to do within three months ? Assignee—l received nothing. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—Then you should have stated that for the information of the creditors. The Court will only allow you to act in this case when you have filed your accounts in the other cases. It deserves mention ; as an instance of the change pro duced by steam communication with America, that it came out in one case, that since the Court last sat, letters had been received from America, in answer to certain letters which had been sent to parties resident in that part of the world. _ INCENDIARY FIRES.—The destruction of the pro perty of Mr. Blockle), as narrated in our last, has been followed by two other conflagrations in the same neighbour hood, both of them unquestionably the wilful acts of some insane or malicious wretches, who can reap enjoyment from the calamities of their neighbours. On Sunday morning early two wheat ricks on the farm of Mr. Meakin, of the Lunts, a few miles from Drayton, were discovered in flames, and though all around lent their willing assistance, yet every effort to extinguish the fire was in vain ; the grain was almost entirely consumed. On the ensuing Tuesday morning, while the workmen on the same farm were enjoying their lunch, two other stacks in the farm yard were discovered to be burning ; and these also were totally destroyed, in spite of every exertion to save them. These events following each other with such rapidity have excited great consternation in the neighbourhood, and a good deal of sympathy, for Mr. Meakin was not insured, and is not a man of wealth. All efforts to discover the incendiaries are yet without any satisfactory result.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. ASSESSMENT OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN IN-THE-FIELDS.—A great deal of excitement has been caused in this parish by the new assessment which has re cently been made, of which a large portion of the pa rishioners complain, some having been raised from 1001. to 2001. and 3001., whilst others are not rated at so much as " they let the second floors for." Yesterday a meeting was held in the vestry-room to take the subject into con sideration, when, upon the motion of Mr. Staunton, Mr. Churchwarden Cuff took the chair. Mr. Simpson moved, that an application be made by the churchwardens to the magistrates to postpone the appeal-day for one month. The motion was carried unanimously, and the meeting ad journed. The floating ice on the Elbe on Friday last was already sufficient to interrupt the navigation. The steam boats from London and Hull left Hamburg early in the morning, and succeeded in getting down the river before the ice had accumulated to such a degree as to make the passage impracticable. BRISTOL RADICAL MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—ln answer to the Bristol Correspondent of the Times, allow me to say, that the communication only con tains two facts. It is true the meeting was held—it is also true that Mr. F. O'Connor and others attended it. The procession, by my advice, was counted, and it consisted of nearly 3,000 persons. I asked why we had not more of the women of Bristol at the meeting--as there were not four present—the reply was, " because the autho rities had industriously circulated reports of their in tention to introduce a military force," w hi c h no t on l y hul undated females, but had considerable effect upon the minds of some timid men. There were no boys at the meeting. The numbers present would have filled the large room at. the Crown and Anchor more than four times, that room is estimated to hold about 2,000. The day was awfully cold and very wet, which circumstances being taken into account, gives great importance to the large, the very large meet ing held on Monday last. Money is a good test of feeling, and when I tell you that the working men to the number of 200, paid 2s. 6d. each for a dinner ticket, making a sum of 25/., you will say that there exists some democratic feeling in Bristol. The cavalry were drawn up in the yard of the hotel, where I remained. A portion of the cavalry met the procession returning from the meeting, and were loudly cheered by the people. It must have been upon their return that the num bers were counted by the Correspondent of the Times, as no person from whom any Journal would receive a communication, could be guilty of so gross a falsehood as to set down the numbers who marched to this procession at 130. Bristol being the strong hold of Toryism, and the Tories having received more than their usual share of de nunciation, fully accounts for the wrath of a party which has hitherto looked upon Radical demonstrations as mere anti-Whig exhibitions. The Radicals of Bristol have vowed eternal hostility to the Tory Mayor, who refused the use of their own room to meet in, and to the Tory corporation, the most tyrannical, ignorant and vicious that ever disgraced town or city.—Sir, in conclusion, I beg to inform you that I received upon returning from the meet ing, a very curious letter signed, " An Agricultural La bourer," in which the writer apprises me of the march of the landlord and farmer troop to suppress the meeting ; that the labourers of the district had subscribed to pay eleven of their body to attend the meeting, who should act as half hourly scouts, to report progress ; and concluding by stating their intentions in ease of any murders being committed. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, London, Dec. 28. FEARGUS O'CONNOR. POST-OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—At a meeting of the Teachers of the Sunday- School Union, held last evening at Exeter Hall, the Rev. Mr. Stovell strongly censured her Majesty for attracting crowds to Windsor-terrace on Sunday evenings, and re buked the Bishops for their " want of fidelity," in not call ing the Queen to account for this breach of the Sabbath. In the same spirit Sir Cullen Smith predicted that, when the London Post•office was made a Paris Post-office, Lon' don would also have a Paris Sunday. These gentlemen may be very sincere in their opinions, but why do th e y, and the audience that cheered them, do good things by halves , and not carry out their principle to its full extent ? In accordance with this the Queen ought not to ride out on a Sunday, or go to Church, because she thereby attracts idle crowds ; no letters should bo sent from London which could reach the great manufacturing towns in the north, and all the Post-offices throughout the kingdom should be shut on that day. The bankers and merchants, who mak e such a noise about the observation of the Sabbath here, care not how much it is desecrated at Dublin, Glasgow, an d Aberdeen ; they write letters to be delivered on that day, and receive letters posted on that day, without an compunction. At none of these meetings has a word been said about ma ki ng th e pract i ce genera l ; a". why ? Be cause it wou ld i nter f ere w i t h t h e i r wor ldly concerns, and they would lose two days in the week in their transactions with all towns at a certain dis tance from London. There is no effectual cure for the evil but the plan of Sir Andrew Agnew. Stop all the mails and all steam boats ; shut the Queen up in her palace ; close every reading room, club house, and hotel throughout the kingdom ; let no man, woman, or child go to church who cannot walk ; let there be no baking , boiling, or carnal comforts ; and then we shall have the Puritanical Sabbath and something more. De these men not foresee the consequences of being re ligious over-much ? One extreme leads to another. The most profligate period of English history soon followed the fanatical acts of Barebone's Parliament, which was on the point of making the Mosaical Law the sole system of English jurisprudence. Dec. 27. A CHRISTIAN. TH E MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English and Irish Grain this week are small—of Flour moderate ; and there is a good quantity of Foreign Wheat, chiefly of middling quality. The Country Markets of this week being reported higher for Wheat, this article is very firm, and some of the holders will not sell except at advanced rates. Barley found a ready sale at Is. Per quarter advance on Monday's terms. Beans and Pease sup port their value. Oats are again rather dearer. The Flour trade continues firm at last quotations. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I tines. 2,400 qrs. 4,800 qrs. 2,200 qrs. 5,...0J se I° 5,5 , 0 1,600 English Irish Foreign --- brie. _ 17,9d0 A SMITHFIELD. Beef was in small supply, but prices did not undergo any variation. Mutton was plentiful, and prices declined 2d. per stone. Veal b e i ng i n b ut li tt l e d emand, prices have d ec lined 4d. per stone. P or k una l tere d . B easts, 580 ; Sheep, 2,930 . Pigs, 360 ; Calves, 82. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal ' 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s 10d. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 4s. to6s• BILLINGSGATE MARKET. There Were fair supplies at Market to-day, but not so plen tiful as they were yesterday—prices rather higher. Turbots" 7s. to 205., 255., and 30s. each. Cod, 2s. 6d. to Bs., and 15s. Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair. Lobsters, Is. to 4 5 . each. Whitings, 3d. to 6d. each. Haddocks, sd. to 10d. each. HOP MARKET. There is no business doing, and no quotations - given. PROVISION MARKET. There is little business doing, and prices generally remain much as they weic last week. SEED MARKET. The arrivals of seeds are small, and, with the exception e f _ business in Li nsee d, th ere i s very l i ttle passing in any other descriptions. Prices of all kinds are firm and unaltered. COTTON MARKET. Owing to the private transactions in this commodity during this week, prices m a y b e quote d id . per l b . in advanc e those of last week. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. to-day is 595. but nothing doing. COLONIAL MARKETS. Nothing whate ver d o i ng to-day, and th e fi rst sa l e announ ced is for next Tuesday, consisting of 4,600 bags Bengal Sug ar. The imports are rather heavy. C ORN LAWS AND GIFTS TO THE POOR.- - M an y of the provin c i a l p apers, we see, b ear testimony to t h e ge nerous charities of private life. With low wages, and bread at a famine price, there, perhaps, never was a period when acts of charity were more imperatively demanded ; but the landlords, how laudable soever their benevolence may appear, do, in strictness, little more than disgorge a fraction of the enormous bread-tax enacted for their ex elusive elusive gain. A mong the instances o f th e s ort of 1n",,1. ghat cence to which we r ef er we h ave p l easure i n sta ting Colonel Wyndham, the son of the late Earl of Egirem7th has, in conj unc ti on w i t h hi s am i a bl e l a d y, given 10 0 -* " i s of shoes, with 4201. wort h o f c l ot h es, cons i sting of fla nne gowns, fustians, s t oc ki ngs , bl an k ets, ca li coes, 8 0 " among 430 poor families, res idi ng i n t h e severa l parishes in b he has estates in Sussex, and his munificent g ift c ould no; have b een ma d e a t a b etter t i me, for it is, i n d e ed, a time of need. Last night an i nquest was h e ld at St. Thomas: Hospital, on th e b o d y of a child name d David Griffiths. Th e p oor li tt l e f ellow was play i ng w ith two children i n th e h ouse o f i ts mother, No. 2 , Moss -alley , Tooley-street, Southwark, on the morning of Christmas Day, with " Christmas candles," when his clothes c aught fire. He was instantly conveyed to the hospital, but the burns were of such a nature as to cause his death in a few hours. A second inquest was held at St. Bartholomew s Hospital, on the body of a little girl, named Emma Lyons, aged six years. The child had been locked into a room of her mother's house, No. 29, Clement's-lane, Strand, with another child, on the afternoon of Alonday last. The mo ther had not left more than two minutes before a neighbour who resided in the opposite house saw flames in the room. An alarm was instantly given, when the child's clothes were found to be in flues. She was conveyed to the hospital. Ve rdict—Accident a l Death. CORPORATION REFORM.—Yesterday evening there was a m ee ti ng of members of the City o f L on don Corporati on R e f orm Society. James Hannen, Esq., in the chair ; M r . W . P. Rock acted as secretary. The princi pal busi ness of the evening was the consideration of va rious reso l ut i ons which were to form the groun d- w ork of a plan o f C orporation Reform for London. OLIVE OlL.—Th e merc h an ts, importers, an d deal ers i nterested in the trade of olive oil, m Liverpool , have a dd resse d a memor i al to the R i ght H on . Charles_ Poulett Th omson, P res id ent o f h er M a j esty ' s B o ard of Trade, " respect f u ll y represent i ng t h e h ar d s hi p an d incon venience to which they have long been subjected by the con tinuan2e of the differential duty of four guineas per tun 00 the oil imported into the kingdom from the dominions of the King of the Two Sicilies,